Is the Global Rise of Asthma an Early Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change?
Open Access
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 113 (8), 915-919
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7724
Abstract
The increase in asthma incidence, prevalence, and morbidity over recent decades presents a significant challenge to public health. Pollen is an important trigger of some types of asthma, and both pollen quantity and season depend on climatic and meteorologic ...Keywords
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